Last time
Oregon State and
Oregon met...Nov. 24, 2006 in Corvallis - Oregon State 30, Oregon 28
Oregon and Oregon State closed out the Conference season at Corvallis and
played a thriller in a driving rain. OSU PK Alexis Serna kicked a 40-yard field
goal with 1:12 left and then the Beavers blocked Oregon's potential game-winning
kick less than a minute later and Oregon State hung on for a 30-28 win as the
home team won the Civil War for the 10th consecutive year.

In addition to
his game-winner, Serna also connected from 49 and 50 yards. For Oregon, Brady
Leaf made his first career start and passed for 274 yards and a TD and TB
Jonathan Stewart rushed for 94 yards and three TDs. ...
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Last time
Oregon State played in EugeneNov. 22, 2003 - Oregon 34, Oregon State 20
Oregon and Oregon State met at chilly Eugene and for the seventh year in a row
the home team won, the Ducks prevailing 34-20.

UO QB Kellen
Clemens passed for three TDs and ran for another to lead the Ducks. The total
yardage was close (UO 343, OSU 327), but the teams got there in different ways.
Oregon rushed for 218 yards, with just 125 through the air.

For OSU, it was
303 via the pass (OSU QB Derek Anderson passed for 271), but only 24 yards
rushing, a total partly explained by six Oregon sacks for minus-41 yards ...
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Last time
UO played...Nov. 24, 2007 in Pasadena - UCLA 16, Oregon 0
Down to a pair of redshirt freshmen to play quarterback, the once-mighty
Oregon Ducks had absolutely no chance against UCLA.

And with that, their hopes of returning to Pasadena to play in the Rose Bowl
game on New Year's Day came to an end.

Freshman Kai Forbath kicked three field goals, including a career-long
54-yarder, and the Bruins took advantage of No. 9 Oregon's plight to hand the
Ducks a 16-0 setback - their first shutout loss in more than 22 years ...
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Last time
Oregon State played....Nov. 17, 2006 in Pullman - Oregon State 52, Washington State 17
Yvenson Bernard ran for two touchdowns and Oregon State forced eight
turnovers, including seven interceptions, in a 52-17 rout of Washington State.

Lyle Moevao, James Rodgers, Clinton Polk and Matthew Sieverson also ran for
scores as the Beavers (7-4, 5-3 Pac-10) assured themselves of a bowl game.

The Beavers came into the game with the best run defense in the nation at 62.1
yards per game. Washington State (4-7, 2-6) tried to let quarterback Alex Brink
carry the offense, but he was intercepted six times, five in the first half.
Backup Gary Rogers also threw an interception ...
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Series
history (UO leads 55-45-10, 25-23-3 in Eugene, 12-6-1 at Autzen).
The Civil War is the longest running rivalry on the west coast and the seventh
longest in the nation. The teams have met 110 times dating to 1894 with
the Ducks leading the series 55-45-10. The home teams have held serve recently,
trading home victories for the last 10 years. The last time a visiting team won
in the series was a Duck victory at Corvallis in 1996 (49-13).

Oregon has won
six straight at Eugene with the last OSU victory at Autzen Stadium coming in
1993 (15-12). Last season's 30-28 win by the Beavers was the closest Civil
War since 1995 -- prior to last season the average margin in the series was 26.5
points over four games.

Longest
running rivalries

Oregon connections.
Beaver offensive lineman Josh Linehan is the older brother of Duck defensive
lineman Cole Linehan. Oregon defensive back Caleb Tommasini spent two seasons at
Oregon State (2004-05), but never appeared in the Civil War.

Oregon secondary
coach John Neal coached the Oregon State secondary from 1987-89. Oregon
defensive coordinator Nick Aliotti was the running backs coach at Oregon State
from 1980-83. Oregon defensive line coach Michael Gray returned to his alma
mater after tutoring the defensive line in Corvallis from 1997-02.

What's at
stake...better bowl game, bragging rights, Platypus Trophy.
The 111th edition of the Civil War, presented by the Northwest Dodge Dealers,
this Saturday has major bowl implications for both teams. A win would ensure
Oregon State will finish in the top half of the conference standings for the
fifth time in the last six seasons.

The winner of the
game could share the Pac-10 title if UCLA and Arizona win this weekend and could
potentially play in the Pacific Life Holiday Bowl. The Beavers have never played
in the Holiday Bowl or the Emerald Bowl, also a possibility.

Specifically for
Oregon State: A win Saturday at Oregon would signify a couple of big milestones
for the Oregon State football program. One accomplishment would be -- the
program has won a road game against a top-25 team each of the last three seasons
(2005 at No. 18 Cal, 2006 at No. 24 Hawai'i and 2007 at No. 2 Cal), but has
never won two true road games against nationally ranked opponents.

Success on the
road and in November.
Oregon State has been successful of late on the road in Pac-10 action posting a
10-6 record since the start of 2004. Only USC (13-3) has more away game
victories in that same span -- one of its losses was at OSU last season,
snapping the Trojans' 27-game conference win streak.

Oregon State has put together another 2006-like stretch drive. The Beavers are a
Pac-10 best 13-3 combined in the months of October, November and December over
the last two seasons.

Northwest
title.
Oregon State hopes to earn its first mythical Pacific Northwest title since the
2004 season, but will have to win their second road game against a northwest
rival this week at Oregon.

The Beavers
defeated Washington at home Nov. 10 and Washington State Nov. 17 on the road.